Thinking of selling in Michiana?

Get your free home-value strategy and a plan to net you top dollar.

Real comparable sales near you and an honest plan to get the most for your home — prepared personally by Garrett, not an automated guess. No pressure, no obligation.

  • ✓ Homes sell for an average of 102% of list price
  • ✓ On the market about 8 days, on average
  • ✓ Backed by the No-Handcuff Agreement — walk away anytime

Averages across Garrett's sold listings to date (IRMLS sold data). Every home and market is different.

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Free · about a minute · no obligation. Garrett personally reviews every request and follows up within 24 hours.

Prefer to talk it through first? Call or text Garrett: 574-850-2252

Why not just check Zillow?

The online estimate has never been inside your home. Garrett runs the real analysis: sold comps, active competition, and what buyers are actually paying right now. And if the automated number happens to be about right, he'll tell you that too.

The agent who tells you the truth

Most agents tell you what you want to hear to win your listing. I'll tell you exactly what it'll take to sell your home and get the best price — even when it's not what you hoped. I'm not the agent for everybody. If after we meet you decide I'm not your fit, we shake hands and part as friends.

I protect your equity, and I'll tell you the truth.

A South Bend turnaround

Same house. Different strategy. Very different result.

Before

Stuck & overlooked

A South Bend home sat on the market at $340,000 — no showings, only lowball offers around $310,000. The seller was stuck.

After

Relisted with a plan

We reset the strategy, relisted at $325,000 using price bracketing, and sold in 2 days with multiple offers — final $340,000.

Sold in 2 days — $340,000 final

A tested strategy, not guesswork

Whether your home is pristine or needs work, the same disciplined system gets you the best price and terms:

Price bracketing

Position your price where the most qualified buyers are looking.

Supply & demand audit

Read the real market around your home before we set a number.

Time vs. money

Balance days-on-market against net proceeds — not just the biggest sign price.

The “Zillow trick”

A specific move to make the online numbers work for you, not against you.

Active buyer analysis

Understand who's actually shopping and what they'll pay.

Expireds, pendings & competition

What buyers reject, what they reward, and how to beat the listings you compete with.

The No-Handcuff Agreement

If I'm not doing the job I promised, you can walk.

No long lock-in, no games. If at any point you feel I'm not delivering what I promised, just tell me — and we part as friends. You take on zero risk by giving me a shot.

Meet your team

Garrett & Carol — a Michiana family team

Garrett Gutermuth, REALTOR® and licensed real estate broker with Cressy & Everett Real Estate, serving Michiana.

Gutermuth Homes is a family team. I was raised in Michiana and have spent my whole adult life here, and my mom, Carol, is my co-partner — she runs our operations so we stay responsive and nothing about your sale gets dropped. When you sell with us, you work directly with me from the first call to the closing table.

Selling is where people most often lose money to someone trying to grab their equity. Our job is to make sure that never happens to you. We're straightforward, we care deeply about the result, and we treat your sale like it's our own — I'll tell you exactly what it takes to get top dollar, even when it isn't what you hoped to hear.

Family is everything to us — I'm a husband and a dad to four daughters, with a son on the way. That's the standard we hold your sale to.

Garrett and Carol Gutermuth with their dog — the Gutermuth Homes team at Cressy & Everett Real Estate

How it works

  1. 1

    Tell me your address

    Fill out the short form — about a minute.

  2. 2

    I build your strategy

    I pull the real comparable sales and a plan to net you the most.

  3. 3

    We talk it through

    No pressure. You get the plan and decide on your timeline.

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